Christy Essien – You Can’t Change A Man (Borrowed Identity Edit)
Christy Essien Igbokwe’s 1979 Afro-funk gem ’You Can’t Change A Man’ has been reemerging lately thanks in no small part to the African Shakedown 12″ released earlier in the year, which brought together four long-lost Afro-disco edits. Here, Borrowed Identity …
Record store up for sale on eBay
In a strange turn of events, a classic vinyl record shop owner has put his store, On The Beat Records, up for sale on eBay. The 34-year-old business, located near Tottenham Court Road, has been listed on the online auction …
Tom Demac & Will Samson – It Grows Again
Tom Demac and Will Samson recently decided to work together as a result of both losing close family members months apart – and what they have produced is a delicate and tender EP called It …
Carter Bros – Full Disco Jacket
A forgotten Rush Hour classic from 2011. The two Australian brothers use a simple twanging guitar as a nagging loop to propel this repetitious disco number forward.…
Storm Queen and MK top charts
Storm Queen and MK are at the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Look Right Through’.
MK’s remix of the track has been inescapable this summer and now it’s well and truly taken the mainstream by storm with a …
Climbers – House Arrest
“It’s so simple, it’s genius” is the phrase which stuck in my mind when reading the description of Mexican duo Climbers’ brand new single ‘House Arrest’ on Turbo Recordings. The whole track seemingly unfolds after …
Cuthead – Everlasting Sunday
A freebie from Cuthead’s superb hip hop/house LP out last month (read our review here), title track ‘Everlasting House’ encapsulates the downbeat, sometimes erratic nature of the album. Orchestral strings slide in and out of the track as fuzzy …
Mara TK – Run (Moodymann Remix)
A tasty gem nestled in John Talabot’s excellent DJ Kicks compilation which rubs rough experimental beats up against Mara TK’s quirky soul croon. A bumpy, clanging ride that nevertheless has some real charm.…
Cassio Kohl – Lost Sessions EP
Manucci’s Mistress as the name may suggest is an outlet for the ‘deeper and sleazier side of underground electronic music…’ Whatever the thinking behind the imprint, they are building a reputable back catalogue with the …
James ‘Blunt’ Blake beats Bowie to Mercury Prize
James Blake was crowned the winner of this year’s Mercury Prize for his second album Overgrown - shortly after Lauren Laverne mistakenly introduced him as slushy crooner James Blunt.
The 25-year-old singer beat bookie favourites Laura Mvula and Disclosure and …
